Pattberg with Roger T. Ames, August 2013

Ames, Roger T. 安樂哲| Center for Chinese Studies | Pattberg, Thorsten 裴德思 | Peking University

With friend and spiritual mentor Roger T. Ames, sinologist, educator, and ethicist of Hawaii University. Roger believes we should get rid of the term ‘Confucianism’ and call it by its real name: Rujia or Ruxue:

“I am not saying that ruxue has the answers to the world’s problems; but it has very important contribution to make.”

Roger T. Ames: We are getting rid of the term 'Confucianism'

Roger T. Ames: The Class of Ru

If you example Pattberg’s works, Pattberg will notice. (Slavoj Zizek, 16 May 2013)

No other than Slavoj Zizek, the "Elvis of Philosophy," whom I quoted in language imperialism, must have found my work. Respective articles on "Chinese philosophy" (a European misleading translation/invention) and the sovereignty over the definition of thought had been published in Japan, Korea, Singapore, China, the US, and Germany; circulated over 2 million times in print, but also online in the radical leftist Asia Times. Some articles: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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"For example, when we talk about “Chinese philosophy” it is clear that we are doing an eurocentricist operation, because “philosophy” as we know it emerged in Europe; and if we apply the same notion to Chinese thought, the Chinese thought is automatically in a disadvantage." --Slavoj Zizek [GO TO EXACT POSITION] [WATCH FULL CLIP]